High school athlete disqualified at cross-country meet for wearing hijab

There are 50 moslem countries in this world, some wealthy and some that need workers., and that is where these people should be going.

Why would they ever want to come here?

exrunner wrote:

How can you believe a country is free if it bans ideas and culture?

Nobody is saying freedoms should be banned altogether.

But we have the freedom of speech to say you are crazy to wear a clown makeup like the joker while committing crime on the street.

We have the freedom to criticize you.

We have the freedom to express our disapproval.

Do you want people infected with the ebola virus to "freely" travel into your hometown and live right next door to you?

Yes or no. Answer the question. These are non-citizens from another country.

Do you want cannibals on an island to "freely" travel into your city and walk around the streets at night?

Yes or no. Answer the question.

Elected leaders are supposed to protect your way of life whether you appreciate it or not.

Do you want people who want to stone adulterous women?

Yes or no.

"...the number of Muslims is expected to increase by 70% from 1.8 billion in 2015 to nearly 3 billion in 2060."

Leftists are going to have ask themselves the tough questions. You'll finally recognize the truth that you are anti-American if you want us to pay more tax money for foreigners with a different culture.

If you want foreigners to have the "freedom" to burn the American flag in front of your house, then you may be a naive leftist.

Nobody here can respond against me because deep down you know I'm right.

If you want to bring these "freedoms" here to American towns and schools, then you are a naive leftist who just wants "freedom" for the sake of "diversity" and "equality".

JelloPuddingPops wrote:

Can ya run with gang tats there?

How about a nasty birthmark?

A Trump hat?

Yes. Yes.

Wear Trump hat. Run fast.

Exactly. In a similar vein, I will never support the legalization of marijuana, and I believe that the free market sets a fair price for cancer drugs and insulin.

Libertarian Centrist wrote:

I will never support the legalization of marijuana, and I believe that the free market sets a fair price for cancer drugs and insulin.

Marijuana should be allowed by prescription for medical purposes if someone is in severe pain. Legalization should be up to the states if it can be shown that marijuana isn't any more dangerous than alcohol or cigarettes.

We don't have a true free market right now. Competition should be increased.

"The problem with the current system is that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) makes generic drug manufacturers prove that their generics are chemically identical to the brand-name drug to win final approval. To do that, manufacturers physically need the brand-name drugs.

So in recent years, pharmaceutical companies have restricted access to those drugs. If the generic manufacturer can’t get the drug, they can’t meet the FDA’s requirement. Such was the case when Turing Pharmaceuticals denied generic manufacturers access to its drug, Daraprim, which was used to treat parasitic infection. Then, it hiked prices from $14 per pill to $750 per pill."

Meanwhile, in Connecticut, boys professing to be girls are allowed to compete against girls.

Who is oppressed?

+100. This is the most sensible post of 2019.

Maybe there is a reason to ban similar attire due to the history of violence against minorities in this country.

And the meet organizers are just saying- Yeah, we can not protect the safety of people dressed in ways that might trigger assh*le behaviour from spectators. But then of course there would be no option for a waiver.

The flying nun couldnt compete unless she trimmed her habit. I have no gripe about that.

Obviously Muhammad Ali was a Muslim. I think of him as a founding father. If you have a problem with him in our society I have no interest in having you as a neighbor.

Are you allowed to participate in this race wearing a MAG-A hat?

Otherwise this seems like a clear case of discrimination. The hijab is the symbol of the oppression of women.

Aunt Trevor wrote:

If you have a problem with him in our society I have no interest in having you as a neighbor.

This is not about the individual. This is about the ideology.

It's entirely possible for a moderate Muslim to be a nice neighbor.

If you can only see the tree but not the forest, then you should be more concerned.

100% of all Muslims must follow Mohammed's example. He owned slaves, had multiple wives, and led wars.

The problem is the ideology and not necessarily the individual.

exrunner wrote:

Oh I see, the USA isn’t a land of freedom at all, and people who think the same as you like it. Sort of like a regime.

1. Performance: A covering over the head and neck will prevent sweat from drying off easily. This makes it more uncomfortable and hotter for the runner. This reduces performance.

2. Freedom: School is a controlled environment. You are not allowed to sing a song in the middle of the classroom while the teacher is speaking. This is disruptive, and you can get suspended for this.

3. History: The hijab has been a symbol of oppression that males have used over women.

4. Religion: "Sheikh Mustapha Mohamed Rashed argued that Hijab is not an Islamic duty. He stated that Hijab refers to the cover of the head, which is not mentioned in the Holy Quran at all." If the hijab is not written down, then it's not even a religious freedom issue at all.

5. Leftists: The leftist has no argument other than his "feelings" for a "minority" culture that will grow to 3 billion people in the future.

Boris The Russian Troll wrote:

JelloPuddingPops wrote:

Can ya run with gang tats there?

How about a nasty birthmark?

A Trump hat?

Yes. Yes.

Wear Trump hat. Run fast.

LOL

Boris The Russian Troll wrote:

JelloPuddingPops wrote:

Can ya run with gang tats there?

How about a nasty birthmark?

A Trump hat?

Yes. Yes.

Wear Trump hat. Run fast.

Actually, you can't wear a Trump hat in public because you will immediately be attacked by a radical leftist.

You can probably wear a trump patch on a blue watch cap. As long as its no bigger than a typical nike logo

Remember woman can not wear skirts or walk around without head covering in many moslem countries.

These people are very intolerant of non moslems. In due time, when they have in greater numbers they will cause

civil war in America. That't what they do wherever they go. Much easier to keep them away from our shores.

David S wrote:

You're allowed to wear a hijab in the Olympics but not in the Christian Caliphate of Ohio.

The officials who did that should be fired, apologies made, and the athlete and team advanced to the finals.

intenserunner wrote:

Pierre Delecto wrote:

She could have raced in her hijab had her coach known the rules and followed them.

From the girl:

The officials did not give me the same respect that they gave my teammate who was also violating a rule when they told her to change her shorts and gave her the chance to fix her self. I wasn’t given the chance to explain myself to them because they didn’t have the decency to tell me what the issue was.

I feel like my rights as an athlete were violated this weekend because this rule does NOT exist in writing. I should not have to get a waiver signed and approved by OSAA to allow me to race due to my religious head covering. Hijabs are not specifically prohibited by OSAA rulings.

It sounds like the grown-ups where too scared by political correctness to even talk to her and ask her about her minority status religious clothing. But then they were such brain washed hall-monitors that they went ahead and enforced the rule because you know "rules are rules."

Lame.